San Diego Bible Church

XBI 12-Week Curriculum

{week 1} Observation

  • Removing preconceptions
  • 5-step process of Hermeneutics
  • Establishing meaning within literature
  •  Authorial intent and the target audience
  •  The importance of “context”
  •  Technique number 1: Observation
  • Examining Matthew 7: Many will say…and I will say to them, I never knew you
  • Q & A

{week 2} Contextualization

  • 1 Corinthians passage
  • Review of 5-step process of Hermeneutics review
  • Technique number 2: Contextualization
  • Technique number 3: Correlation
  • 1 Corinthians 15 “The Gospel”
  • Literary devices of authors
  • Unpacking 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 together
  • Q & A 
  • Personal application/small group time
  • Homework: Galatians 5:16-26

{week 3} Correlation 

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
  • Computers and other helpful tools
  • Technique #4: Interpretation
  • Technique #5: Application
  • Unpacking Galatians 5:16-26
  • Q&A
  • Personal application/small group time
  • Homework: 2 Timothy 2:1-15

{week 4} 2 Timothy

  • Unpacking 2 Timothy 2:1-15
  • Chiastic structures
  • Additional Principles of Technique #5: Application
  • Doing the tough work: 2 Timothy 2:11-13
  • Word Study Demo in Greek
  • Q&A
  • Personal application/small group time
  • Homework: Book of Jonah

{week 5} Word Studies

  • Importance of words and word studies
  • Word studies with a Concordance and Interlinear Bible
  • God’s character on display in the OT-Basic Theology
  • Simple outlines and what they can reveal
  • The value and timelessness of Old Testament
  • Small Group Exercise
  • Unpacking Jonah
  • Importance of Genre
  • Word Study Demo in Hebrew
  • Q&A
  • Getting the most out of the Old Testament
  • Personal application/small group time
  • Homework: 1 Peter 5, 1 Timothy 2-3, Titus 1-2

{week 6} Hot Topics

  • Resolving Hot Topics or Doctrines using Hermeneutics  
  • Small group exercise
  • Sharing our discoveries: Can a woman be a pastor? 
  • The social compromise of God’s Word
  • 1 Peter 5 correlation with 1 Timothy 2-3
  • Correlation and word studies in original language
  • Challenging questions for discussion
  • Q&A
  • Personal application/small group time
  • Homework: John 15

{week 7} Gospel of John

  • Small group exercise
  • Sharing our discoveries
  • Review: Book of John overview
  • Purpose of John and his Gospel
  • The Upper Room Discourse
  • “The vine and the branches”: Lifts up or cuts off?
  • Translations
  • Importance of historical context
  • Discovering the theology of biblical writers
  • Q&A
  • Personal application/small group time
  • Homework: Parable of the soils and the prodigal son

{week 8} Parables

  • Small group exercise
  • Sharing our discoveries
  • Parables/Correlation
  • Guidelines for Parables
  • The Parable of the soils and the prodigal son
  • Application of the Parables
  • Q&A
  • Personal application/small group time
  • Homework: James 5

{week 9} Healing

  • Small group exercise
  • Sharing our discoveries
  • JAMES 5: Focus on Healing by Elders
  • The challenge of healing promised
  • Cross-referencing the OT with the NT
  • Literary devices
  • Additional Greek word studies shown on computer
  • Q&A
  • Personal application/small group time
  • Homework: Proverbs 11 and Psalm 23

{week 10} Wisdom & Poetry

  • Small group exercise
  • Sharing our discoveries
  • Wisdom literature principles for interpretation
  • Poetry principles of interpretation and application
  • Unpacking Proverbs 11 and Psalm 23
  • Spiritual gifts division in the Church - 1 Corin. 12-14
  • Q&A
  • Personal application/small group time
  • Homework: Hebrews 10:26, 6:4-6

{week 11} Theme of Hebrews

  • Small group exercise
  • Sharing our discoveries
  • Hebrews 10:26, 6:4-6
  • Unpacking Hebrews
  • 10 reasons why you can’t lose your salvation from a hermeneutical approach
  • Q&A
  • Personal application/small group time
  • Homework 2 Peter (1:10-11)

{week 12} Wrap-Up & Graduation!

  • Small group exercise
  • Sharing our discoveries
  • Using all the hermeneutical principles together
  • Unpacking 2 Peter 1:10-11 on your own
  • Q&A
  • Personal application
  • Next steps: Where do I go from here?
  • Group sharing
  • Graduation Potluck Dinner